78 results about "Rituximab" patented technology

Methods for treating a human patient for an inflammatory or autoimmune disease that is associated with CD40-expressing cells are provided, where the human patient is heterozygous or homozygous for FcGammaRIIIa-158F (genotype V / F or F / F). Also provided are methods of inhibiting antibody production by B cells in a human patient who is heterozygous or homozygous for FcGammaRIIIa-158F (genotype V / F or F / F). The methods comprise administering to the human patient a therapeutically or prophylactically effective amount of an anti-CD40 antibody. Methods and kits for identifying a human patient with an inflammatory or autoimmune disease that is treatable with an anti-CD40 antibody and which is non-responsive or refractory to treatment with rituximab (Rituxan TM ), as well as methods and kits for selecting an antibody therapy for treatment of a human patient having an inflammatory or autoimmune disease that is non-responsive or refractory to treatment with rituximab (Rituxan TM ), are also provided. The methods of the present invention find use in treatment of inflammatory diseases and autoimmune diseases that are associated with CD40-expressing cells. These methods are particularly advantageous with respect to inflammatory diseases and autoimmune diseases that are associated with cells expressing both CD40 and CD20, as the methods enable the treatment of patients having an inflammatory or autoimmune disease that is non-responsive or refractory to therapy with other therapeutic agents such as anti-CD20 antibodies.

The present invention relates generally to methods for treating cancer. In one respect, the present invention relates to a method of treating a hematological cancer (e.g., multiple myeloma, leukemia, lymphoma) comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a histone deacetylase inhibitor, for example, a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor as described herein, for example, PXD-101. In another respect, the present invention relates to a method of treating cancer (e.g., solid tumour cancer, e.g., rectal cancer, colon cancer, ovarian cancer, hematological cancer, e.g., multiple myeloma, leukemia, lymphoma) comprising administering to a patient in need thereof, a first amount of a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, for example, a histone deacetylase inhibitor as described herein, for example, PXD-101, and a second amount of another chemotherapeutic agent, for example, another chemotherapeutic agent selected from: an antibody against VEGF, AVASTIN® (bevacizumab), an antibody against CD20, rituximab, bortezomib, thalidomide, dexamethasone, vincristine, doxorubicin, and melphalan, wherein the first and second amounts together comprise a therapeutically effective amount.